TRYING NOT TO BE TOO UNHAPPY ABOUT IT, OR...LV

I am grateful for enough to drink: water, tea, coffee, tea, soda, wine. Especially since in some countries people don't even have safe water.

A dilemma, if that's what it is: People are being encouraged to drink more water because it's healthy. Never mind most tap water in America is ok to drink even thought it doesn't taste all that good. Fiji water is a popular brand. The problem: many people on the island of Fiji lack safe drinking water and other hygiene. And the production/disposal of bottles is not good for the environment.

One Catholic Exchange reader suggests drinking tap water and giving the money you saved to water projects in third-world countries. I know Maryknoll does such things.

But on the other hand, how many Fijians have jobs and a better way of life thanks to bottled Fiji water?